The Veteran's claim for service connection for traumatic brain injury residuals has been granted. However, the claim for secondary service connection for an acquired psychiatric or cognitive disorder is remanded due to insufficient evidence.
The deciding factor: The current evidence does not establish a direct link between the in-service TBI and the current psychiatric or cognitive symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- Traumatic Brain Injury Residuals, Acquired Psychiatric or Cognitive Disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 11, 2022
- Citation
- 22039495
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an initial compensable disability rating for TBI, a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) for the period prior to September 25, 2015, and special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need of regular aid and attendance.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's combined disability rating was 90 percent from March 10, 2021 to June 14, 2021 and denied a higher rating.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including traumatic brain injury residuals, lumbosacral spine intervertebral disc syndrome with degenerative joint disease, PTSD, and other conditions, render him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment. The Board has also determined that the Veteran meets the criteria for basic eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 35.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's initial 10 percent rating for burn scars of the left leg and groin is granted. The case is remanded for further examination to determine if additional disabling effects warrant a separate compensable rating, and for new examinations to assess the severity of his PTSD with major depressive disorder and mild neurocognitive disorder, as well as TBI residuals.
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